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refiexis, oblongae obtusae vel acutse subaequilongae, flores fere 

 aequantes, glabrae, nitentes, inferne flavidae superne aureae; flores 

 hoEQogami ca. 30, corollae 0*3 cm. longae ; pappi setae scabridae albae ; 

 achaenia minute papillosa, O'l cm. longa. 



Hab. : Orange Eiver Colony ; summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 

 approx. alt. 2,900 meters, Jan., Flanagan, 1964 ! Cape Colony ; 

 district Barkly East, Drakensbergen, Doodman's Krans Mt., 

 approx. alt. 2,930 meters, March, Galpin, 6682 ! (in herbb. 

 Kew, Bolus, &c.). 



Allied to H. psilolepis Harv., next to which it may be placed. The 

 whole plant is stouter, more procumbent at base, with different leaves 

 and considerably smaller and more crowded heads. 



H. ALTICOLUM Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Stoechadina). 



H. capitulis 4:-6-fl. homogamis ; involucri squamis S-seriatis laxis 

 erectis inter sese suhcEquilongis cluahus extimis reliquas fere amplec- 

 tentihus. 



Fruticulosus, 16-34 cm. altus; caules 1-3 e basi perenni, simplices 

 erecti, parce foliati, griseo-tomentosi, sursum in pedunculum nudum 

 transeuntes ; folia infima subradicalia erecta vel patentia sessilia 

 obovata vel obtuse acuta, ad 3*5 cm. x 1'8 cm., indumento duplici, 

 superiore tenuiter araneoso, inferiore pubescente praedita, caulina 

 pleraque basin caulis versus orta remota oblonga, ad 6'6 cm. x 

 1-1*5 cm. ; corymbi solitarii vel 2-3-furcati approximatique poly- 

 cephali, bracteis foliaceis oblongis inter se tela araneosa connexis 

 involucrati, globosi vel semiglobosi 2-2-3 cm. lati; capitula dense 

 conferta homogama, cylindrica vel subcampanulata, 0'5-0'6 cm. 

 longa ; involucri squamae 9-12, 3-seriatae laxae erectae, inter sese 

 subaequilongae, duae extimae late ovatae acutae fuscescentes, capitulum 

 fere amplectentes, interiores ovatae lanceolatae vel lineares, acutae vel 

 subobtusae, apice citrinae, 0-5 cm. longae; receptaculum stipite minuto 

 sub quoque ovario praeditum, ceteroquin nudum ; flores 4-5, corollae 

 segmenta extus dense papillosa ; pappi setae serrulatae sursum 

 barbellatae, caducae ; achaenia glabra. 



Var. /3 montanum; in omnibus partibus multo minor, ramulis 

 praesertim abbreviatis foliosis nee in pedunculos productis, 

 3-5 cm. altis ; foliis spathulato-obovatis, apice rotundatis, subtus 

 3-5-nerviis, ad 2-3 cm. x 0-6-0*9 cm.; corymbis globosis, minoribus 

 foliis supremis saepe involucratis ; cetera typi. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; on the Old Katberg Pass, Stockenstrom 

 district, approx. alt. 1,650 meters, April, Galpin, 2397! var. /3; 

 Orange E. Colony ; summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, approx. 



